a son cannot save the father or cause the father to lose his salvation by his deeds. In the same way we cannot be saved or lost by the good or bad deeds of another person. This is also true after death. Once a person dies, their future life and resurrection is based on their actio...
whom he considered as no better than highway robbers, no more capable of Christian integrity than so many African pirates." "Whether his apprehensions were well founded," continues his son, "let the experience of others tell." Owing to Stephens's death, in 1559, his Concordance was publishe...
the branch of theology that specializes in interpretation, or exegesis, of Biblical literature. Historically, exegetes have recognized four levels of meaning in the Bible: the historical or literal, the allegorical, the moral, and the anagogical or mystical, putting emphasis on the necessity of ...
In three and half years, Satan and the Antichrist are going to cause so much death and destruction on this earth, that Jesus Himself says that had these days not been shortened by God the Father Himself – that no flesh would have been saved! I really feel that Satan, if he knew he ...
” This verse is describing an event that was supposed to have taken place two days after the crucifixion, which was carried out on the eve of the Jewish Sabbath. This is described as being on “the first day of the week.” Jesus, early in the day, had appeared to Mary Magdalene in...
there were times (such as in civil judgments) in which "killing" was commanded and sanctioned. Blasphemers were to be killed. Likewise, in verse 17 itself it commands that "whoever kills any manshall surely be put to death." So we already see two qualifiers to the command "thou shalt no...
Other responses reference the hymn My Hope is Built on Nothing Less: “On Christ the solid rock we stand, all other ground, or men, or women, are sinking sand”, or reminds him of Mary, who gave the news to the church that Jesus rose from the death – the news without which the ...
Apart from this, on the occurrence of any imperial misfortune or difficulty, such, for instance, as a disastrous expedition, a formidable attack, or a sudden death, natural or violent, of the reigning monarch, there would be a strong temptation to throw off the yoke, which would lead, ...
turning a person from the snares of death. 15 Good judgment wins favor, but the way of the unfaithful leads to their destruction.[a] 16 All who are prudent act with[b] knowledge, but fools expose their folly. 17 A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustw...
Most alarmingly, any person breaking the sabbath laws was to be put to death (Exodus 31:15; Numbers 15: 32-35). These laws have never been changed, except that the Lord Jesus Christ fulfilled them on behalf of the believer, removing the Christian from the bondage of the laws. We are...